Stephen T Casper
@neurotimes.bsky.social
Historian of medicine, violence, and sport. I also love neurology, neuroscience and the human sciences. Author of books, articles, anthologies, and expert reports. Keywords: 19~20thC; health policy; indigenous studies; gender; CTE; concussion; TBI
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I will write a longer essay on why I’m unconcerned about generative Ai. However, I want to show you in 2 photos why “information” only approach, as LLMs approach knowledge, is an insufficient way to understand subjective realities. Behold: a copy of Dickens’ The Old Curiosity Shop!
I think we are at a bizarre inflection:
STEM was a big deal 3 years ago; STEM looks like it might mean MAHA.
Ai is furiously transforming the private sector.
The lack of readers appears to have hit critical mass.
Being centrist means trying to keep Cheney republicans happy.
Bubble Economy.
STEM was a big deal 3 years ago; STEM looks like it might mean MAHA.
Ai is furiously transforming the private sector.
The lack of readers appears to have hit critical mass.
Being centrist means trying to keep Cheney republicans happy.
Bubble Economy.
December 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I think we are at a bizarre inflection:
STEM was a big deal 3 years ago; STEM looks like it might mean MAHA.
Ai is furiously transforming the private sector.
The lack of readers appears to have hit critical mass.
Being centrist means trying to keep Cheney republicans happy.
Bubble Economy.
STEM was a big deal 3 years ago; STEM looks like it might mean MAHA.
Ai is furiously transforming the private sector.
The lack of readers appears to have hit critical mass.
Being centrist means trying to keep Cheney republicans happy.
Bubble Economy.
A thing that confuses me more and more as a professor is why students do not cite the readings that they read in class as part of the way they write essays.
December 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
A thing that confuses me more and more as a professor is why students do not cite the readings that they read in class as part of the way they write essays.
Would it really kill the business model of American airports in our largest metropolitan regions to open all of the security lines? It’s just such a perfect illustration of the contempt we have for the customer experience in 2025.
December 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Would it really kill the business model of American airports in our largest metropolitan regions to open all of the security lines? It’s just such a perfect illustration of the contempt we have for the customer experience in 2025.
Everyone mocks the incompetence of Hegseth and I have to say I find it no laughing matter at all. We are a large nuclear power that could easily make an incalculably stupid mistake from simple ignorance of basic details. Details get people killed. Reality isn’t for a comedy show.
December 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Everyone mocks the incompetence of Hegseth and I have to say I find it no laughing matter at all. We are a large nuclear power that could easily make an incalculably stupid mistake from simple ignorance of basic details. Details get people killed. Reality isn’t for a comedy show.
I am bothered by it all. The corruption. The lying. The scamming. The incompetence. The cruelty. The mendacity. The blame shifting. The weakness. The lack of personal responsibility. The lawlessness. The sexism. The racism. The antisemitism. The disappearing people. The murders. The war crimes.
December 2, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I am bothered by it all. The corruption. The lying. The scamming. The incompetence. The cruelty. The mendacity. The blame shifting. The weakness. The lack of personal responsibility. The lawlessness. The sexism. The racism. The antisemitism. The disappearing people. The murders. The war crimes.
The real question I have about the OU decision regarding the graduate instructor is whether the university had provided appropriate mentorship for its grad teachers. When situations like this occur, I’m inclined to think two students are harmed. Sad that they don’t see it.
December 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The real question I have about the OU decision regarding the graduate instructor is whether the university had provided appropriate mentorship for its grad teachers. When situations like this occur, I’m inclined to think two students are harmed. Sad that they don’t see it.
Reposted by Stephen T Casper
Ignacio Zuloaga.
Juan Belmonte, 1924.
Museo Zuloaga, San Juan de los Caballeros. Segovia.
Juan Belmonte, 1924.
Museo Zuloaga, San Juan de los Caballeros. Segovia.
November 30, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Ignacio Zuloaga.
Juan Belmonte, 1924.
Museo Zuloaga, San Juan de los Caballeros. Segovia.
Juan Belmonte, 1924.
Museo Zuloaga, San Juan de los Caballeros. Segovia.
Did I get smarter in the last year or is everything just growing dumber by the moment. Of course the people don’t want prices going down: they want higher wages you dumb knuckleheads.
November 30, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Did I get smarter in the last year or is everything just growing dumber by the moment. Of course the people don’t want prices going down: they want higher wages you dumb knuckleheads.
So hypothetically you get two choices to take with you on a desert island:
(1) is a large mat
(2) is a large tarp
Everyone picks a roof over their head.
Why? Because shelter, clothing, food and water are needs.
It says a lot about democrats that they think we want a floor rather than a tarp.
(1) is a large mat
(2) is a large tarp
Everyone picks a roof over their head.
Why? Because shelter, clothing, food and water are needs.
It says a lot about democrats that they think we want a floor rather than a tarp.
November 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
So hypothetically you get two choices to take with you on a desert island:
(1) is a large mat
(2) is a large tarp
Everyone picks a roof over their head.
Why? Because shelter, clothing, food and water are needs.
It says a lot about democrats that they think we want a floor rather than a tarp.
(1) is a large mat
(2) is a large tarp
Everyone picks a roof over their head.
Why? Because shelter, clothing, food and water are needs.
It says a lot about democrats that they think we want a floor rather than a tarp.
The problem with the President of the United States is not that he used the word “retard” in a tweet. The problem is that 77.3 million people voted for him knowing well what he was, is, and would be. No President of any party or religion or region or indeed intellect has been less fit for a vote.
November 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The problem with the President of the United States is not that he used the word “retard” in a tweet. The problem is that 77.3 million people voted for him knowing well what he was, is, and would be. No President of any party or religion or region or indeed intellect has been less fit for a vote.
I’m sorry for the National Guards who are only following orders.
Objectively, had the President not called them to serve as law enforcement officers, this tragedy would never have happened.
They seek to demagogue their way out of their own culpability.
To lose honorable people this way!
Objectively, had the President not called them to serve as law enforcement officers, this tragedy would never have happened.
They seek to demagogue their way out of their own culpability.
To lose honorable people this way!
November 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I’m sorry for the National Guards who are only following orders.
Objectively, had the President not called them to serve as law enforcement officers, this tragedy would never have happened.
They seek to demagogue their way out of their own culpability.
To lose honorable people this way!
Objectively, had the President not called them to serve as law enforcement officers, this tragedy would never have happened.
They seek to demagogue their way out of their own culpability.
To lose honorable people this way!
Can anyone explain to me why Andes mints are not that good but yet I love them?
November 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Can anyone explain to me why Andes mints are not that good but yet I love them?
Your. Daily Reminder. That. These people. Give each other. Tax Cuts.
November 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Your. Daily Reminder. That. These people. Give each other. Tax Cuts.
Awww yes… It is very sad what’s happened to poor elites…. To be lumped in with the likes of Larry Summers and Peter Thiel… wait who is Vice President?
November 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Awww yes… It is very sad what’s happened to poor elites…. To be lumped in with the likes of Larry Summers and Peter Thiel… wait who is Vice President?
Your daily reminder that these people give each other tax cuts
November 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Your daily reminder that these people give each other tax cuts
Your daily reminder that these people give each other tax cuts.
November 20, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Your daily reminder that these people give each other tax cuts.
I stand by my claim that Harvard is a very good library in Cambridge.
November 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I stand by my claim that Harvard is a very good library in Cambridge.
Reposted by Stephen T Casper
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
You cannot swing a cat in a ballroom of American elites presently without hitting a sex offender, a sex offender’s good friend, a lawyer trying to exonerate a sex offender, or Matt Gaetz or Andrew Tate.
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
You cannot swing a cat in a ballroom of American elites presently without hitting a sex offender, a sex offender’s good friend, a lawyer trying to exonerate a sex offender, or Matt Gaetz or Andrew Tate.
Your daily reminder that these people give each other tax cuts.
November 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Your daily reminder that these people give each other tax cuts.
I wonder if Donald Trump and Larry Summers contacted Woody Allen’s legal team for advice on how to handle the Epstein Papers.
November 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I wonder if Donald Trump and Larry Summers contacted Woody Allen’s legal team for advice on how to handle the Epstein Papers.
More like Project Tantalus
Seriously if we had a tax for every time a tech billionaire pulls some text from antiquity and just fails to understand the basics of the myth… we could have healthcare for all.
Seriously if we had a tax for every time a tech billionaire pulls some text from antiquity and just fails to understand the basics of the myth… we could have healthcare for all.
November 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
More like Project Tantalus
Seriously if we had a tax for every time a tech billionaire pulls some text from antiquity and just fails to understand the basics of the myth… we could have healthcare for all.
Seriously if we had a tax for every time a tech billionaire pulls some text from antiquity and just fails to understand the basics of the myth… we could have healthcare for all.
Among the dumber things the new rationalists believe is that suffering is calculable. This neophyte utilitarianism fails to see that any suffering is infinite. Thus 10,000 cases is the same as 1 case.
November 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Among the dumber things the new rationalists believe is that suffering is calculable. This neophyte utilitarianism fails to see that any suffering is infinite. Thus 10,000 cases is the same as 1 case.
Your daily reminder that these people give each other tax cuts
November 17, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Your daily reminder that these people give each other tax cuts
I would like you all to remember that many of the writers for this paper also have strong feelings about you not voting for Cuomo.
November 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I would like you all to remember that many of the writers for this paper also have strong feelings about you not voting for Cuomo.